Shipping container



Patented May 15, 1923.

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Application filed September To all whom it may concern:

"to be cheaply constructed for containing relatively large shipments for retail sale of a cheap commodity, such as salt.

The principal. object of this invention is to provide acontainer of the above type which, when packed, is provided with a normally sealed opening formed in the body of the container wall, and which requires but slight manual effortto lift the same when it is desired to remove the contents from the container. A further object is to provide a container --one wall of which is constructed of two laminations adhesively secured together, enabling the ready formation therein of a content removal opening, which is normally sealed until manually broken.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawin and pointed out in the claims hereto appen ed; it being understood that various changes in theform, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit. or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

To more fully comprehend the invention, reference is directed to the accompanying drawing, wherein- I Fig. 1 is a view in top plan of a container, disclosing the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a broken sectional view, disclosing more fully my invention.

In the drawing-1 indicates a container side wall constructed of any suitable material, and on the same, preferably at the head end rests an end closure head 2 constructed of the outer lamination 3 and the inner lamination 4:, the meeting faces of which are secured together by an adhesive applied as at 5. The inner lamination -1 is of a lesser diameter than 3, affording an 6,1921. Serial No. ceases.

annular groove 6 in the head for the reception of the upper end of the wall 1. If desirable, suitable conventional strap clamps 7 having inwardly punched teeth 8 may be utilized to secure the head to the container wall. In fact, any suitable form of securin means may be employed. I At spaced points it is desirable to unite the laminations 8 and 4 by a permanent means, such as arivet 9 passed therethrough, and prior to securing the head to the aim tainer' wall the inner lamination 4 is provided with an annular cut 10 extending entirely therethrough, and the outer lamination 3 is provided with a similar cut 11 extending entirely therethrough, but the cut 11 being of a greater radius than out 10 provides an outer closure section 1.2 of a diameter larger than the inner closure section 13 lying immediately below the same. In the formation of these sections, the adhesive between the uncut portion of the inner lamination eland the overhanging portion of the outer closure section 12 is not broken, or serves as a means for holding the closure formed by the members 12 and 13 inposition in the head 2.

For removing the head, any suitable means may be employed, that illustrated consisting of a ring 14 held by a U-clamp 15 passing through the members 12 and 18, as indicated in Fig. 2. This closure member for the opening may be of any suitable diameter, dependent on thecommodity originally packed in the container, and it will be observed that when the closure member formed by the members 12 and 18 is removed, the container end is not destroyed, and the'container is adapted for use in the transporting of other commodities or for storage purposes.

I claim I 1. A container formed of a side wall and an end wall secured to the side wall, said end wall being formed of two layers of material adhesively secured together in superimposed relation, said layers being annu larly out each for its full depth affording a removable closure for the container consisting of two members of different diameters one lying within the other, said closure adapted for initial removal on the breaking of the adhesion between the cut portion of the larger member and the uncut portion of the layer surrounding the smaller member.

2. A container formed of a side wall and an end Wall secured to the side Wall, said end wall beinn formed of two layers of material adhesively secured together in super? imposed relation, said layers being annularly out each for its full depth affording a removable closure for the container consisting of two members of different diameters one lying Within the other, said closure adapted for initial removal on the breaking end Wall being :tormed of two layers ofmaterial adhesively secured together in superimposed relation. said layers being annularly out each for its full depth affording a removable closure for the container con sisting of two members of different diameters, the inner member of smaller diameter lying Within the other member, said closure held in position by the adhesive between the portion of the outer member projectlng "beyond the inner member and the uncut portion of the inner layer surrounding the smaller member.

4 A container, one Wall of which is formed of two layers of materlal adhesively secured together in superimposed relation,

the outer-of said layers being annularly cut for its full depth "forming aremovable portion and the inner of said layers being annularly cut for its full depth to form a removable portion lying Within the outer removable portion, said portions adapted for removal as a uniton the breaking of the adhesive uniting the removable portion of the outer layer to the uncut portion of the inner layer. v one Wall of which isv A container. formed of a phira y o'f-layers of material adhesively secured together in superimposed relation, certain of said layers being cut to form a removable portion, certain other of said layers being cut to form a removable portion lying within the periphery of the other removable portion,atl ording-a sup-. porting flange on the wall beneath said first mentioned removable portion,gsaid removable portions adapted for removal as annit 'l'roiii the container-on the breakingsofthe adhesion uniting the first mentioned re movable portion and said ilange.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

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